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 Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA


 

A commendable quality of Lewis' work is the feeling one experiences of actually being in the scene while viewing her strongly designed landscapes.

Lewis continues, "...but most of all, I enjoy the process of creating art and communicating the atmosphere and drama of my subject."

 

Carolyn teaches private lessons and
weekly classes at her studio in Akron:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30 - 9:30 PM

Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30 PM

Lewis Studio & Gallery

Summit Art Space, 3rd Floor

140 E. Market St

Akron, Ohio 44308

330-929-4509

 

Painting en plein air with Carolyn E. Lewis

UPCOMING PLEIN AIR WORKSHOPS

Click here for Reviews and Photos of Carolyn's Workshops!
 

3 Day Plein Air Workshop
Stan Hywet & Hale Farm
May 20 - 22, 2011


3 Day Joint Plein Air Nocturne Workshop
Carolyn Lewis, Oils
Kim Moore, Pastels
Location TBA, Ohio

August 18-20 2011

3-10 pm 

$250.00


 

Painting Treasures of the Cinque Terre - painting en plein air with Carolyn E. Lewis

http://toscanaamericana.com/clewiscinqueterre.html

September 7 - 14, 2011 
Cinque Terre, Italy: Vernazza, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia & Monterosso
Presented by Toscana Americana Workshops

 

Treasures of St. Lucia - painting en plein air with Carolyn E. Lewis

http://www.toscanaamericana.com/clewisstlucia.html

February, 2012

Presented by Toscana Americana Workshops

 

3 Day Plein Air Workshop

San Diego, CA 

Dates TBA, 2012

Please contact Carolyn if you are interested in learning more about these upcoming workshops.
 

VIDEO on YOUTUBE:
Cortona: Island in the Sky
Cortona & Terre delle Leopoldine Part 1
Painting en Plein Air in Italy
TV interview from Cable 9 TV: "Artists At Work"  (airing 3 days a week in April 2011)
http://cable9.pegcentral.com/player.php?video=c5a12b5d91045bd59e8ff7cd5f86608f

Artist Bio below gallery.

Land & Light Workshop, Painting Mood & Atmosphere in Oils
    by North Light Books
 Title of video/DVD:  Painting Mood & Atmosphere in Oils
    by Teaching Art Ltd. UK

 To purchase a book or DVD : carolyn@lewisstudio.com

 Personal Web Address: www.lewisstudio.com

 

 

 

 

 

Address:
Lewis Studio
2325 26th St.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223

Email:
carolyn@lewisstudio.com

Phone:
330.929.4509


 

 

"End Of The Line"
12" x 16"
Oil On Panel


 

"Gerry's Garden"
11" x 14"
Oil On Panel
SOLD



 

"Summer Garden"
20" x 16"
Oil On Panel

 

"About Gardens"
16" x 20"
Oil On Panel

 

"Light House Keeper's Home"
16" x 20"
Oil On Panel

 

"Lakeside Morning"
12" x 16"
Oil On Panel

 



"Prince Charles"
9" x 12"
Oil On Panel

"Church Of St Mary, Cortona, IT"
12" x 9"
Oil On Panel

 

 

"Church Of St Benedict, Cortona, IT"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel

 

"Cedar Garden"
12" x 24"
Oil on Canvas

 




"Anacapri Lighthouse"
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel

 

"Summer Afternoon"
9" x 12"
Oil on Linen Panel
SOLD

 

"The Cutting Garden"
9" x 12"
Oil On Panel

 

 

 
2008 OPAS Competition
Honorable Mention



"Morning Fog"
12" x 16"
Oil on RayMar Panel

 

2010 OPAS Competition
The Emma & Lewis Thalberg
Award of Excellence in Oil

"Night School"
11" x 14"
Oil on Panel
 

 

"Morning Splendor"
12" x 9"
Oil on Linen Panel
SOLD

 

"Evening Song"
12" x 9"
Oil on Linen Panel

"Morning Has broken"
16" x 12"
Oil on Linen Panel
SOLD

"Home Sweet Home"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel
SOLD

 

 

"Bay Point Beach"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel

 

"The Learned Owl"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel
SOLD

"Cosy Corner"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel
SOLD

"Positano Window"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel

 

"Positano Morning"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel

"Bay Point"
8" x 10"
Oil on Canvas
CAC's Viewpoint 2006

 

"Summer Porch"
12" x 9"
Oil on Panel
SOLD

 

"The Red Door"
11" x 14"
Oil on RayMar Panel
SOLD

 

"1st Place"
3rd Annual OPAS
Plein Air Competition 9/2006


"Coaling Tower"
12" x 16"
Oil on RayMar Panel

 

"Rhododendron Path"
12" x 16"
Oil on RayMar Panel

"Best of Show"
2nd Annual OPAS
Plein Air Competition 9/2005


"Autumn Splendor"
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel
SOLD

 



"Bay Point Bridge"
12" x 16"
Oil on RayMar Panel

"Cuyahoga Valley Sunset"
8" x 10"
Oil on Panel
SOLD
Juror's Choice - March 2006
OPAS Schumacher Gallery Juried
 

 

"Morning Fog"
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel
SOLD
 

 

"Carmel Beach"
9" x 12"
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

 



"Top of the Hill Sunset I"
Oil
6" x 8"
SOLD


"Aspen Meadow"
Oil
11" x 14"
SOLD
 


"Fall Splendor"
Oil
9" x 12"

Honorable Mention at OPAS Paintout Competition 9/2004

"Path to Cedar Falls"
16" x 12"
Oil on Canvas

 

"Rocky Mountain Splendor"
11" x 14"
Oil on Panel
S
OLD



"Early Morning Fog"
Oil
9" x 12"
SOLD

"Top of the Hill"
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel

 

"Rocky Mountain Meadow"
14" x 11"
Oil on Panel
SOLD

 



"Teton Sagebrush"
11" x 14"
Oil on Panel

"New Harmony Greenhouse"
Oil
9" x 12"
SOLD

 

"Path to Cypress Grove"
Oil on Canvas
9" x 12"

 

"New Harmony Lab"
Oil
16" x 12"
SOLD

 

 

 

   
 

"Capturing the mood of the moment and the effect of light is an important goal in my work."
      Carolyn E. Lewis

 The art of Carolyn Lewis is inspired by nature, wildlife, and people. It is sensitive without being overly sentimental. Her commissioned portraits of individuals and animals, and her powerful landscapes, are steadily gaining acclaim in national art circles.

In September 2005, Carolyn's first book entitled Land and Light Workshop, Painting Mood and Atmosphere in Oils was released by North Light Books, and an accompanying video/DVD entitled Painting Mood and Atmosphere in Oils was released by Teaching Art, Ltd. Her work is also published in The Ultimate Guide to Painting from Photographs, edited by James Markle and Layne Vanover, North Light Books, October 2005. In addition, Carolyn is published as one of 6 artists featured in Artist's Photo Reference - Landscapes by Gary Greene, 2001 and Artist’s Digital Photo Reference, edited by Erin Nevius, also published by North Light Books, 2006. Recently, she has written articles published in Paint Magazine for the Society for All Artists, UK. She has also had her work featured in The Artist's Magazine.

Along with several solo exhibitions, Carolyn Lewis has been selected to exhibit in local, regional and national art competitions. Some of these include the Ohio Plein Air Society Competition, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters at Jackson Hole (WY) and Winter Park, CO, the Carmel Art Festival Invitational Competition, California, the Plein Air Tucson Invitational. Carolyn also participated in the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club National Exhibition 1998, ViewPoint National, Cincinnati Art Club (Ohio), the Akron Society of Artists' Grand Exhibition (Ohio), National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Annual, Oil Painters of America Annual and the OPA Midwestern Regional and many other local and national exhibitions.

Some of Carolyn's honors and awards include an Honorable Mention from The Artist's Magazine 1998 National Landscape Competition where she was ranked in the top 6 out of over 9000 entries. Most recently she was awarded one of 12 finalists for the month of April for the 2005 Raymar Art Competition, "Best in Show" in the 2005 2nd Annual Ohio Plein Air Society Paintout Competition and First Place in 2006, and “Best of Show” at the 2005 Cuyahoga Valley Art Center's The Big Picture Show. She was also selected as one of the top 200 finalists of the prestigious National Art for the Parks Exhibition in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1995, as well as winning "Best of Show" at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center Annual Members' Show, (Ohio).  She was one of 29 finalists in the Second Annual Winsor & Newton National Calendar Competition in 1994, and was listed in the top 50 finalists in The Artist's Magazine 1991 National Portrait Competition.

Signature membership status includes: Oil Painters of America, Illinois; Akron Society of Artists, Ohio; Cincinnati Art Club, Ohio; Carolyn also has General membership status in the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center; Ohio; Charter member, Ohio Plein Air Society; Ohio, Portrait Society of America; American Impressionist Society; and, Landscape Artists International.

PUBLICATIONS
Land and Light Workshop, Painting Mood and Atmosphere in Oils  by Carolyn E. Lewis.
North Light Books  2005

Painting Mood and Atmosphere, Video and DVD demonstration by Carolyn E. Lewis
Teaching Art Ltd., UK  2005

Series of 4 articles (July, September, November 2005 and January 2006) by Carolyn E. Lewis

Paint Magazine, SAA, (The Society For All Artists,) UK 

The Ultimate Guide to Painting from Photographs edited by James Markle and Layne Vanover
North Light Books 2005

Artist’s Digital Photo Reference - Landscapes edited by Erin Nevius
North Light Books, 2006 

Artists Photo Reference - Landscapes by Gary Greene.
North Light Books, 2001.
1 of 6 featured artists.  Featured on cover.

The Artist's Magazine National Landscape Competition, 1998.
 

 

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